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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: "René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web•de>
Cc: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web•de>,
	Nick Townsend <nick.townsend@mac•com>,
	git@vger•kernel.org, Jeff King <peff@peff•net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] submodule recursion in git-archive
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:05:29 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq61rdu0li.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52953CB7.8020300@web.de> ("René Scharfe"'s message of "Wed, 27 Nov 2013 01:28:39 +0100")

René Scharfe <l.s.r@web•de> writes:

> OK, but the repetition of "cover letter" and "e-mail messages"
> irritates me slightly for some reason.  What about the following?

Looks good to me; will queue, thanks.

> -- >8 --
> Subject: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: document how to handle multiple patches
>
> Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web•de>
> ---
>  Documentation/SubmittingPatches |   11 +++++++++--
>  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> index 7055576..e6d46ed 100644
> --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> @@ -139,8 +139,15 @@ People on the Git mailing list need to be able to read and
>  comment on the changes you are submitting.  It is important for
>  a developer to be able to "quote" your changes, using standard
>  e-mail tools, so that they may comment on specific portions of
> -your code.  For this reason, all patches should be submitted
> -"inline".  If your log message (including your name on the
> +your code.  For this reason, each patch should be submitted
> +"inline" in a separate message.
> +
> +Multiple related patches should be grouped into their own e-mail
> +thread to help readers find all parts of the series.  To that end,
> +send them as replies to either an additional "cover letter" message
> +(see below), the first patch, or the respective preceding patch.
> +
> +If your log message (including your name on the
>  Signed-off-by line) is not writable in ASCII, make sure that
>  you send off a message in the correct encoding.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-11-27 19:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-26  0:04 [PATCH] submodule recursion in git-archive Nick Townsend
2013-11-26 15:17 ` René Scharfe
2013-11-26 18:57   ` Jens Lehmann
2013-11-26 22:18   ` Junio C Hamano
2013-11-27  0:28     ` René Scharfe
2013-11-27  3:28       ` Nick Townsend
2013-11-27 19:05       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2013-11-27  3:55     ` Nick Townsend
2013-11-27 19:43       ` Junio C Hamano
2013-11-29 22:38         ` Heiko Voigt
     [not found]           ` <3C71BC83-4DD0-43F8-9E36-88594CA63FC5@mac.com>
2013-12-03  0:05             ` Nick Townsend
2013-12-03 18:33             ` Heiko Voigt
2013-12-09 20:55               ` [RFC/WIP PATCH] implement reading of submodule .gitmodules configuration into cache Heiko Voigt
2013-12-09 23:37                 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-12-12 13:03                   ` Heiko Voigt
2013-12-03  0:00         ` [PATCH] submodule recursion in git-archive Nick Townsend
2013-12-03  0:03           ` Fwd: " Nick Townsend
2013-11-26 22:38   ` Heiko Voigt
2013-11-27  3:33     ` Nick Townsend
     [not found] <0MWW00M0GODZPV00@nk11p03mm-asmtp002.mac.com>
2013-11-27  5:03 ` Nick Townsend

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